"Only I guess we know what's best for us a little bit better than you do." "And you don't care a cent for what is best for the rest of labor.

You kick it into the ditch." "I'm not saying anything," O'Connor replied, "except that I'm president of the Machinists' Association, and it's my business to consider the interests of the men I represent, that's all." And then, when the labor leaders had left, Ernest, with the calmness of defeat, outlined to me the course of events to come.
"The socialists used to foretell with joy," he said, "the coming of the day when organized labor, defeated on the industrial field, would come over on to the political field.

Well, the Iron Heel has defeated the labor unions on the industrial field and driven them over to the political field; and instead of this being joyful for us, it will be a source of grief.

The Iron Heel learned its lesson.

We showed it our power in the general strike.